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Merz Urges CDU Overhaul To Lift Women’s Representation

Official data show roughly one third of seats are held by women, with the CDU share markedly lower.

Transport Minister Schnieder Extends Absence as Coalition Dispute Over Road Funding Persists

Public-Sector Deal Lifts Pay for Germany’s Top Officials From April

Merz Says He Has Virtually Given Up Alcohol as Chancellor

Merz Pledges Push to Overturn EU 2035 Combustion-Car Ban

CDU Files 147-Question Inquiry Into Friedland Killing as Liana K. Is Laid to Rest

Lower Saxony Commits €375 Million to Port Modernization as Landtag Endorses Funding Review

Söder Presses Deep Cuts as Germany Opens Social‑Welfare Reform Drive

Linnemann Defends Bundestag President Klöckner After Habeck Critique

Consolidated Government Data Puts Mohammed at No. 1 Among Bürgergeld Recipients

Cabinet Appoints Silvia Breher as Federal Animal Welfare Commissioner

Angela Merkel to Receive Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Order of Merit on Sept. 29

Federal Ministries Report €58,738 on Styling, €172,609 on Photographers Since May

CDU Backbencher Opens Door to Higher Top Tax in Exchange for Social Reforms

Merz Backs Electing a Woman as Germany’s Next President in 2027

Media Tenor: Merz Dominates 100-Day Coverage as Tone Turns Negative

Hamburg Asserts Continued Federal Clout Despite SPD Chancellery Exit

Germany Debates Tougher Bürgergeld Sanctions as Full Cuts Prove Unworkable

Approval for Merz Coalition Falls to Record Low After 100 Days

Regional MPs Reject Deutsche Bahn’s Hamburg–Hannover New Line Plan